Vending-machine.



I. F. HARRIS.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION nun 1m. 0. 1210.

Patented Oct. 25, 1910.

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- I. F. HARRIS.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION nun) JAN.8, 1910.

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m v anyone/1 wlgmiiitmay conceh'ik- P Be" itg kno'wn that I, IRv F. HARRIS, a of the-"United States of Americmwrc-v, jlt -llorreston, inthe' county ofliillis 3&6; q 'l-exas ljmre invented new and Improvements in Vending-Machines, vhieh th ,following isa specification.- fl liisi v ;i-n v; e nl;ion;. relates "i 7 coin-operated -."Wend;i'n.g machines, and-it has among its vobeets tmprqvide acasi'ngor cabinet of simple iiiflfidt improved, constructionfrom which writ- -.ipg.:tablets, pens, pencils; and similar sup 'l es mayqbe delivered upon the insertion of 7a ieoin ofithe proper denomination, means 1; L being .nlso provlded' whereby change will be 'l;i"i:e1'ed;aloi1gwith the article sold when aecoinofj a predetermined denomination is- Furiher objects of tl-ieinvention are to ,.-a rid; improve they-general 'construc to nes machine of the chariwiilnreadil :a-ppear.- as thenatnre of the inun gilvention isibetter understood, ;the same eonistsihgtheairnproyed construction and novel naligeni'ent and combination'ofpa-rts which w llsbe hereinafterfully described and par--- H :titgnlaii-y pointedout in the claim.

"In; the accompanying d rawing's -has vbeen lllnstrated a' simple 'andpreferred twin of iie invention, it being; however, understood :lmta no-li1n-itation.is necessarily made to the recise sti'ilctnral 'details'threin exhibited, ntithat changes; alterat-ionsand n1odifica-. tidnsn'ithin the scopeof the invention -may e esoi'tedt-owhendesired; Inethe drawings,'-Fignre 1 is a horizontaleetional' ;view;- of a gvending machine contraded. in accordance with. the invention, said section being taltenoiithe jpla-ne indic'a'tieclbv-thealine 1 -1 in Fig. 4., Figs. 2, 3, 4; fip aind 6 are sectional views taken on the planes indicate'd bythe lines 2---2, 33, t 4; if- 5 and 6 -6irespeetive1y, in Fig. 1, fl ss); 3,;5and (i'being shown ona larger sea e2 Fig. 7 is-a 'perspeoti\'e detail view of. rplnngennsed in (v'onneetioiiwith the device; Goi'i'e'sponding" partsin the severasl figures- V 1 redenoted by -li'lte tiha'racters'of reference.-

'i ftably "eonstfnotedcasing or cabinet. the.

e-rnjed-iiite: i ts front and rpm: stills and Q'With-n vertically disposed trane wi f Specification of Letters Patent.

desired size.

"being"; pr'e era bl y; ot mectangnl arform verse partition Wall 10; tlle'spaee in front PATENT OFFICE, 1 g ni nen us; 0F" nonmis'ron, 'rnxAs. I '4 J I I 3 venous- ACHINE. I

Patented'uct. 25, 1910.

a iieingt filed-Tannery a, 19 .0. Serial No. 536,998.

of said partition Wall being divided into :eompartments for the merchandise to be sold and auxiliary compartments for the changemaking slides or plungers, partitions 11 of sheet metal or other suitablemat'erial being used to snbdhide the space in front of the partition wall '10 into compartn'ients of the It is desired to bennderstood at theoutset that the casing or cabinet-may be provided with any desired number of sub-compartments.for the reception of merchandise, but forthe purpose of illustration I have shownsix separate. merchandise compartments, four of which are adapted to receive writing tablets lntended to be sold each spectively, while the two remainin conipartments are-adapted to receive penholders intended vto. be sold at five cents each and pencils intended to. be sold at therate of'two for five cents. 1 t is furtherto be understood What the Ideliverv-mechanism for the pencils,

penholders aud tor the five centt-ablets is to i be operable in each instance upon the insertion of ap'roper coin, namely, a five cent piece, while the'delivering mechanism of the tablets to' be: sold at ten cents, fifteen cents and twei-ltv-fivecents each is to be operable only upon the insert-ionof a twenty-five cent .piece; means being provided whereby the propel: ohange 'mnne y fifleen cents or ten cents. as the case'may be, is to he delivered along with the. ten eent .a nd tii'tm-m cent tablets, resieetively, the. change; being delivered inlt 1e iorjn of three-or two five centpi'eces, respectively; Change ineehanism has. therefore, been shown III-601111601301) with, the compartments adaptedt-o contaln the .'t en c'entand'fifteen cent tablet's, it being understood that the. changemaking principle may be adapted t()'1i]e1(;l1a -11(iiSG ntended to be sold at various prices and that come 0t other denominations than those referred to invention is. si-lbstantially thesameasthat "shown in, an application for Letters Patent Serial No,. 530;, l2, filed by me on the 27th .dayof-"-Nevemb er, 1909, and co-pending Referring-ftp the drawings, A designates.

hereWith,'i, a nd thatsuch mechanism will, therefore," beonly: brlef iy; described. I Ia the space of 'thecabineti or; casing inter wall 10.

compartment, and said coin-operable devices being of indentical construct-ion, the description of one will sutfice.

Each of said devices, then, includes a vertically disposed chute 12 of suitable dimensions to receive a coin inserted edgewise throu h a slot 13 in the top 14 of the casing, said s ot being normall unobstructed, but adapted to be obstructe by a slide 15 connected with and'operated by'a lever 16 which is fucrumed upon a bracket 17 on the partition wall 10, said lever extending through a slot 18 in the to of the casing, and said lever being norma 1y retracted by a tension spring 19 connecting it with the partition The entrance chute 12 communicates at its lower end with a flat horizontally disposed tube 20 of rectangular cross section, said tube being of proper dimensions to contain the inserted coin edgewise. A plunger 21 movable in the tube 20 is connected at its forward end with and is actuated by the lever 16, the forward movement of the plunger being'obstructed -b a flange 22, and the parts being so arran e and, roportioned that the passage of t e coin rom the chute 12 intothe tube 20 will not be obstructed. Movable in the rear end of the tube 20 is a slide 23 which is suitably connected 'with an upwardly extending arm 24 of a lever B fulcru'med on a bracket 25 upon the rear wall of the casin The lever arm 24 lies adjacent to the si e of the tube 20 and is providedwith a slot 26 engaging a, staged 30 ro'ecting through a slot 31 in the side wal of the tube, b'ei with and operable by said side.

.transversely f th binet, as clearly shown The u wardly extend' lever arm 24 is connects with the operating lever 16 by a link 27, saidylink be pivotally connected with the lever 16, wh e it extends loosely throu h a slot 28. in the lever arm 24,.said link going provided with a sto member, such as a nut 29, which is adjusta 1e thereon in order that the plunger 21 and the slide 23 may be pro erlyspaced, for the reception of the coin. The stop member 29 of the link 27, however, is capable of being moved rearwardly of the lever-arm 24, as will be best seen in Fig. 40f. the drawings.

The tube20 has a slot 32 in the-bottom thereof communicatin with the upp'er end of an inclined chute 33, t e lower end of which communicates. with a coin rece tacle 34 which is supported in an'incline position in Fig. 4, so as to facilitate the removal of coins. The downwardly extending arm 35 of the lever B 'is connected with the delivery plunger'36 by means of apin 37 extending transverselthrough a bracket 38 u on the rear slide the lunger and throug a slot 39 adjacent-tot e lower end of the lever arm. The delivery plunger 36 is adapted to operate through a slot 0 in the partition :coin is in this thus connected wall 10 adjacent-to -.the bottom 41 '01 the casing and to communicate through said s lot with thelower end of the. proper compartment, said delivery able width and thic the lowermdst member of a stack of merchandise supported in the compartment.

It will be seen that upon the insertion of a coin of the proper denomination through the chute 12, said coin will constitute a link or connectin member, between the plunger 26 and the side 23, as willbe best seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings. When the lever 16 is actuated against the tension of the s ring 19 the-coin C, together with the sli e 20, will be moved in a rearward direction until plunger being of suitness to operate upon the coin issupported between the plunger and the slide rectlyjabove the slot 32 communicating With-th chute 33. When the osition it will be-olam-pe'd between the sli e and the plunger, and the stop member'y29 of the link 27 will be projcted rearwhrdl of the lever arm 24.

pon releasing t e; lever 16 it will be retracted by the s ring 19, and the plunger 20 will be move 'forwardly, thus releasing the coinand permitting itto drop into the chute 33 before the link 27 retracts the lever arm 24. By the rocking movement of the lever B, the delivery plungerwill be projected through the slot 40, thus rojectin the lowermost member of the stac ofmerchandise 'through'a'su italile-slot or openin 43. in the front of the casing, enabling suc article to be grasped b the fingers of the operator and removed cm the cabinet, the remaining members of thestack dropping by gravity as soon as the delivery plunger is retnacted by the lever B operated by the spring-actuated -lever'16 and the link 27.

The plungers operating in the merchandise compartments for which auxilia change-making compartments are provide and which have been speciall designated 36', and one of which has been illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings, are provided each with a forwardly extending arm 44 disposed to operate between the side walls ofthe proper change-making compartment, 45, sai

arms having guide slots 46 engaged by pms 47. Each arm 44 is provided. at its forward receive the desired number of change coins,- said coins being stacked in a tube 49 disposed vertically adjacent to the' front end of the cou'ipartment 45. The change is in 'the nature of coins of a predetermined denomination, such as five cent pieces, and

end with a circular opening 48 adapted to \Vhen the apparatus is in normal condition, that is to say, when the lunger is retracted, the opening 48 will be isposed directlybelow the chan e tube 49, enabling the de-v sired number of coins to use into the opening and to rest.upon the ottom of the casing. When the plunger is,projected in a forward direction, by the lnsertion of a proper coin into the receiving chute and by dise of any description that will-enable it to be suitably rojected by the plunger means herein described; such compartments as are intended for pen holders, pencils and the like being preferably made in the form of ho pers as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawing;

a 0rd convenient access to the interior of the casing for the pur ose of replenishing the stock of merchan ise and. of change come, a lid 53 'is hingedl su ported u n the top of the casing, sai lid elng pre erabl provided with a sight opening protected y glass or other transparent material, as

shown at 54, and a lockin device, such as a padlock 55 being rovide It is also obvione that a suitab e door is to be rovided through which access may be ha to the coin receptacle 34.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of this invention Wlll be readily understoo The construction of the improve vending device. is simple, and it is thoroughly efficient for the purpose for which it is pro vided. 4

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is I In a vending machine, a coin-receiving chute, a horizontally disposed tube connected with the lower end thereof and having a bottom slot which is out of alinement wlth the receiving chute, a coin receptacle, an inclined chute connecting said receptacle with the bottom slot, a plun er operating in the horizontally disposed tu e,,a spring-retracted lever connected with and actuating said plunger a slide movable in the horizontally isposed tube, a suitably supported lever havin necte with the slide to operate the latter, a

link connecting the upwardly extending.

lever arm with the sprin -retracted lever, saidlink bein slidably an adjustably connected with t e lever arm, a merchandise compartment, a plunger operating in the bottom of said compartment, and suitable means.connecting said plunger with the downwardly extending-arm of-the lever to project the plunger when the sprin -retracted operating 'lever is manipu ated against the tension of the retracting spring.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IRVIN F. HARRIS. Witnesses: L. B. GRIFFITH,

Jon BARNETT.

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